24 January 2007

TAKE ACTION! BAHRAIN: INTERNET USERS FACE SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON


23 January 2007

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) has launched a petition calling for the release of Dr. Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahlawi and Mr Hussain AbdulAziz Al Hebshi.

The two men have been detained by Bahrain authorities since 16 November 2006 on charges of possessing "subversive literature." They had downloaded publications from the Internet calling for a boycott of last November's elections. If convicted, they could be jailed for up to seven years.

For more information, see: http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/80539/

To sign the petition, visit: http://www.petitiononline.com/bahraind/petition.html



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